Iran Condemns Israeli Strikes on Rafah

In a statement on Monday night, Nasser Kanaani condemned the deadly “criminal airstrikes” the Zionist regime has launched on residential areas in Rafah.  

He warned that while Rafah hosts more than one million displaced Palestinians, the Israeli regime’s acts of aggression and the threat of a ground offensive against that region could trigger another humanitarian catastrophe and war crime against the defenseless people of Palestine.

The Israeli strikes have violated and ruined the ongoing ceasefire negotiations and also contravenes the ruling issued by the International Court of Justice, he added, saying the strikes on Rafah reveal the sinister Zionist intentions to violate all international legal norms.

Warning of the dire consequences of Israel’s savage actions and voicing concern about the continuation of its genocidal crimes, Kanaani said the time has come for the US and other Western allies of Israel to rein in the Zionist officials’ maniacal behavior and act urgently to prevent the massacre of defenseless Palestinians in order to prove their sincerity in expressing concern about regional security and stability.

He also cautioned international organizations, governments and the world’s public opinion about the worrying consequences of any Israeli military action in Rafah for the conditions of residents and refugees in that area.

International bodies, above all the United Nations, have a responsibility to stop the continuation of the Israeli regime’s onslaught on Gaza and prevent the deterioration of the human catastrophe, he concluded.

The Israeli attacks on Rafah on Monday killed over 100 people. The strikes hit 14 houses and three mosques in Rafah.

About 1.4 million Palestinians, or more than half the population of Gaza, have crowded into Rafah to escape Israeli bombardment, which has reduced much of the rest of the enclave to ruins.